Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix - MP3 instrumental karaoke

"Hey Joe" holds significance as being the first single released by The Jimi Hendrix Experience in October 1966, and is synonymous with the band and late rock luminary. The domestic violence at the heart of the song is masked under layers of gnarly guitars and rock cachet, but "Hey Joe" is essentially a song about a jealous man who fatally shoots his allegedly unfaithful partner and goes on the run. "Ain't no hangman going to / He ain't gonna put a rope around me / You better believe it right now, I got to go now," goes the final verse. Nonetheless, "Hey Joe" has ascended to rock standard royalty, poignantly performed by Jimi Hendrix as his last song at the iconic 1969 Woodstock festival and covered by a whole swarm of artists over the decades, including Wilson Pickett, Patti Smith, Cher, Type O Negative, Johnny Hallyday, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and many more. It's still unclear who authored the song.